Hertz has decided to add Tesla Model Y to its growing electric vehicle fleet after announcing a deal to buy 100,000 Model 3 vehicles last year.
Last year, Hertz announced an important effort to electrify its fleet of rental cars, led by a massive purchase of 100,000 Tesla Model 3 vehicles.
The news sent Tesla’s stock to record highs despite some confusion around the agreement. Tesla didn’t…
First drive, Nissan Ariya: the stable relationship
March 24, 2022
Nissan invited the media out for a day at the track with the Nissan Ariya, the company’s long awaited second EV. After spending time driving and goofing with the crossover, I realize this vehicle is simply amazing. I think the Ariya is exactly what the American buying…
Quick Charge Podcast: March 23, 2022
March 24, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Today, NASA announced plans to develop a second human lunar lander for its Artemis program, the agency’s major spaceflight initiative to send humans back to the Moon. To build the vehicle, the space agency is calling on commercial space companies to propose concepts for landers that can take people to and from the Moon’s orbit and the lunar surface, with the goal of having them ready by 2026…
Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat, has purchased brain-computer interface startup NextMind whose technology could be used to directly control augmented reality (AR) tools just with thought, like the Spectacles or forthcoming camera drone.
NextMind is a…
The Hubble Space Telescope recently celebrated its 20th year using the Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS), which was installed on Hubble in March of 2002 and became its most used camera.
The ACS wavelength range extends from the ultraviolet, through the visible…
Apple is expected to announce its iPhone 14 Pro series with a new dual punch hole design later this year but the ultimate goal is to move to an under-display (UD) solution and free up even more screen real estate in the future. According to a new report from South Korean outlet , Samsung Display and OTI Lumionics are developing a new generation of UD camera which will debut first on the Galaxy Z…
Trimble RTX GNSS location technology for Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 and Snapdragon 888 powered phones is coming later this year in Q2. The industrial technology company is partnering with Qualcomm to deliver meter-level (3 feet) location accuracy for smartphones which Trimble says…
Xiaomi 12 Ultra arrives in May, new rumor claims
March 24, 2022
The Xiaomi 12 Pro is nice and high-end alright, and it’s recently escaped China, but it’s definitely no Ultra. Following the shockingly good Mi 11 Ultra from last year has to be a Xiaomi 12 Ultra, and today a new rumor from a usually reliable tipster tells us…
Motorola’s newest flagship smartphone has three names: Edge X30 in China, Edge 30 Pro globally, and Edge+ in North America. It was initially unveiled in China in December, and then made its global debut in late February, although the Edge+ didn’t come with a release date.
Until today, that is. Motorola’s US arm has finally announced when we should expect to see the new Edge+ in…
